episode 103: Significant Figures
Special guest Merlin Mann joins Jason to talk about reviews, ratings, Rotten Tomatoes, mice, thumbs up and thumbs down, using numbers to quantify the unquantifiable, when it's appropriate to show grown-up media to kids, and a whole lot more.
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Merlin Mann
Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Rotten Tomatoes vs. Metacritic: The Definitive Guide - The Croaking Frog Be Suspicious Of Online Movie Ratings, Especially Fandango’s | FiveThirtyEight Rotten Tomatoes, Reviews and Stars (with tweets) · tvaziri · Storify Rotten Tomatoes: About Cinemascore Reconcilable Differences #30: Captain of the Living Room - Relay FM Amazon Movie Reviews (@AmznMovieRevws) | Twitter Netflix has tons of hidden categories — here's how to see them NetFlix Streaming by Alternate Genres (Extended List) Kids-In-Mind: Movie ratings & parents' reviews that actually work Reviews & Age Ratings - Best Movies, Books, Apps, Games for Kids My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise) Official Music Video - YouTube The Day of the Doctor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Midnight (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Significant figures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Abyss - Special Edition DVD TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable